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Local COVID roundup 9/25: 0 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tri-county of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford experienced no new COVID-19 deaths between Thursday and Friday. However, there was a relatively high amount of new cases, with 83. Peor...
Sep 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/25: Over 2,500 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Over 2,500 new cases of COVID-19 were announced Friday by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition to the 2,514 new cases, 25 deaths were reported. Currently, IDPH is...
Sep 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
In the orange: Peoria County at COVID warning level
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County was one of 17 counties throughout the state to receive notice Friday from the Illinois Department of Public Health. IDPH has placed said counties in the orange -- at a wa...
Sep 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
Man suffers shot to head, expected to be okay
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man who was apparently shot in the head Thursday night in South Peoria is expected to recover. Peoria Police were called just before 11:00 to the 1000 block of John Gwynn on three Sh...
Sep 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria shooting leaves man hospitalized
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just before 8 p.m. Thursday to the area of Kansas and Wisconsin by a ShotSpotter alert, indicating 10 shots were fired. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy ...
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Ginsburg is first woman to lie in state at US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) - Commemorations are set to begin Friday honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman in American history to lie in state at the dom...
Sep 25, 2020 The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
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Grayeb seeks re-election, won't run for mayor
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council Member Chuck Grayeb, who represents the City's 2nd District, confirms he will not run for mayor, but instead seek another term on the City Council. Grayeb has serve...
Sep 25, 2020 (City of Peoria)
Man suffers life-threatening injuries in I-74 crash
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Illinois State Police said a man suffered life-threatening injuries when two semi-trailer trucks collided around 5 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 74 near Kickapoo. The westbound se...
Sep 25, 2020
In despair, protesters take to streets for Breonna Taylor
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - People dismayed that the Louisville, Kentucky, officers who shot Breonna Taylor haven't be charged with her death have vowed to persist in their fight for justice. Many took to ...
Sep 25, 2020 Protesters march, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. Authorities pleaded for calm while activists vowed to fight on Thursday in Kentucky's largest city, where a gunman wounded two police officers during anguished protests following the decision not to charge officers for killing Breonna Taylor. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Woman falls to her death at residential building
***UPDATE*** Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the woman as 34-year-old Pamela Krasner. Harwood said she died instantly from blunt force trauma. The circumstances of her fall remained...
Sep 24, 2020 Midwest Communications
